Recaps

Feng Ling, He Xing Luo, and Bai Lu fought the Cursed Puppet as it rebuilt its body from corpses and revealed that its curse limited who could safely face it. After He Xing Luo survived a risky grenade attack, Feng Ling planned to lure the Puppet and the Xenomorphs into the Tunnel and destroy them together.

• The Cursed Puppet rebuilt its limbs and chest from corpses while Feng Ling prepared to attack, and she discovered a Parasitic Eye beneath its ribs.
• Feng Ling struck the Puppet with her Spikes and Bone Blade, but Bai Lu stopped her with a blast of icy air and explained that only she and He Xing Luo were immune to its curse.
• He Xing Luo swept the Puppet's severed limbs away with her Bone Chains, then attacked it with Ghost Fire and a Grenade as it advanced on her.
• Feng Ling pulled He Xing Luo clear before the Grenade exploded and knocked the Puppet down.
• Feng Ling proposed luring the Puppet and the three Xenomorphs into the Tunnel before detonating explosives, and ordered Bai Lu and He Xing Luo to go together.

Feng Ling and the others struggled to stop Bai Lu’s Cursed Puppet as He Xing Luo confronted Bai Lu over turning people into Puppets. Ye Zheng arrived at the Tunnel, where spiderwebs blocked her path, and the Puppet charged toward them to rescue its controller.

• The Cursed Puppet recovered from the explosion and rebuilt itself from corpses, while He Xing Luo lured it toward the Tunnel and Huangfu Miaomiao healed Bai Lu.
• Bai Lu offered to turn Huangfu Miaomiao into a Puppet, prompting He Xing Luo to confront her and flee deeper into the Tunnel when the Puppet attacked.
• Bai Lu fought the Puppet with ice, and Feng Ling tried to restrain it; Bai Lu warned that Feng Ling would be cursed and revealed that Bai Shuang had died that way.
• A roar from farther inside the Tunnel slowed the Puppet, and Bai Lu warned that the Xenomorphs might turn a defeated Contaminant into a weapon.
• Ye Zheng arrived, but spiderwebs trapped her moth wings and hindered her movement; the Cursed Puppet then charged toward the webs to save its controller.

Feng Ling and Bai Lu entered the Tunnel to lure the Xenomorphs toward the explosives while Fang Ye’s group fought the Cat Spider from the other entrance. Fang Ye wounded the spider, but Feng Ling struck him down after finding him poised to attack it.

• Feng Ling decided to enter the Tunnel with Bai Lu to draw the Xenomorphs toward the explosives, while Bai Lu assembled a humanoid creature from Cursed Puppet remains.
• Ye Zheng pulled He Xing Luo out of the Tunnel, and Huangfu Miaomiao followed as Feng Ling and Bai Lu advanced from the north.
• Fang Ye’s group fought the Cat Spider from the south, with White Cat using her Gargoyle Card to hide him from it.
• A Cursed Puppet distracted the Cat Spider, allowing Fang Ye to stab its abdomen while the Puppet tore off its legs.
• Feng Ling pierced Fang Ye’s raised arm with a pedipalp, flung him into a wall, and knocked him unconscious.

Feng Ling was cursed when she damaged Bai Lu’s Cursed Puppet, suffering the same injuries it sustained. Starlight revealed itself and taunted her with a way to lift the curse: kill Bai Lu.

• The Cursed Puppet attacked Feng Ling and Bai Lu, while the hidden Xenomorph eluded their sight.
• Feng Ling tried to destroy the Puppet as it fought the wounded Cat Spider, but Bai Lu warned that its curse reflected damage onto its attacker.
• Feng Ling’s strikes tore off the Puppet’s arm, and the curse caused her own left arm to fall off.
• Bai Lu broke down, revealing she had turned Bai Shuang and the fallen Special Forces Members into Puppets so she could keep them with her.
• Starlight’s Parasitic Eye emerged from the Puppet, and Starlight told Feng Ling that killing Bai Lu would lift the curse.

Feng Ling struggled against Starlight’s coercion and the Cursed Puppet as the Tunnel exploded and collapsed. Starlight found Bai Lu dead and the Puppeteer’s Card materializing, but a bloodied fang revealed that Feng Ling was still alive and struck him from the darkness.

• Starlight urged Feng Ling to kill Bai Lu, but Feng Ling stabbed the Parasitic Eye and refused to be controlled.
• Bai Lu tried to kill herself, and Feng Ling knocked away the broken bone before Ye Zheng and the others arrived.
• The Cursed Puppet charged toward the newcomers and rammed a car, triggering the Bombs and collapsing the Tunnel.
• Starlight found the badly injured White Cat and injected her before squeezing deeper into the rubble to reach Bai Lu.
• Starlight found Bai Lu dead and the Puppeteer’s Card materializing, then spotted a bloodied fang between the concrete and was attacked in the darkness.

White Cat discovered that Starlight had died and that the Hidden Boss Hive had reached its Completed Form, then chose to flee with Fang Ye. Elsewhere, Ye Zheng and Huangfu Miaomiao tried to reach Feng Ling, who had been buried inside the damaged Tunnel.

• White Cat heard cracking sounds in the ruins, confirmed Starlight's death, and received an announcement that the Hidden Boss Hive had advanced to its Completed Form.
• White Cat fled toward the Tunnel exit, found Fang Ye alive, and abandoned her plan to kill him, asking him to escape with her instead.
• Ye Zheng recovered from her injuries after Huangfu Miaomiao gave her a Recovery Potion, while the Human-faced Crows and Cat Owl guarded the Tunnel entrance.
• Huangfu Miaomiao learned that the Hidden Boss had reached its Completed Form and believed Feng Ling had succeeded, but Ye Zheng warned that they still needed to reach her safely.
• Ye Zheng ordered He Xing Luo to contact the Cleaning Team, police, and City Defense Engineering Department because Feng Ling was buried, then sent Huangfu Miaomiao to find Li Qing and have him check whether Feng Ling was alive.

Li Qing found Feng Ling alive beneath the Tunnel’s Collapse, but she was gravely injured after killing Starlight. As he treated her wounds and tried to comfort her, Feng Ling worried that her changing scales had made her ugly.

• Sang Yin entered the Tunnel to photograph the Collapse while Douzi stayed outside, and she fainted after seeing Feng Ling’s giant eye.
• Li Qing crawled into the rubble and found Feng Ling in her Flood Dragon form, badly hurt and gasping in pain.
• Li Qing sent his Green Weasel along Feng Ling’s body to inject Recovery Potions into her wounds, but it found Rebar piercing her near the tail.
• Li Qing encouraged Feng Ling by telling her that help would arrive and that she had defeated Starlight and wiped out the Star Society’s local forces.
• Feng Ling worried that her scales had turned her zebra-colored, and Li Qing reassured her that her silver-white scale with black edges was beautiful.

Huangfu Miaomiao and Li Qing tended to the badly injured Feng Ling and the Cat Spider after Starlight’s death. Feng Ling revealed that eating Starlight and Bai Lu had raised her Corruption Value to 39%, leaving the group scrambling for a solution as the Engineering Department arrived.

• Huangfu Miaomiao treated Feng Ling and the Cat Spider inside the Collapse while Ye Zheng carried the frightened Sang Yin back to the car.
• Li Qing and Huangfu Miaomiao discussed Starlight’s death and wondered why he had not fled after discovering Feng Ling survived the explosion.
• Feng Ling revealed that she had eaten Starlight and Bai Lu, whose Cards had caused her Corruption Value to rise from 18% to 39%.
• Li Qing urged everyone to find a way to manage Feng Ling’s dangerous Corruption Value, while Ye Zheng announced that the Engineering Department had arrived.
• Huangfu Miaomiao told Ye Zheng that Feng Ling’s Corruption Value was 39%, and he reacted with shock.

After Feng Ling’s Corruption Value rose to 39%, Ye Zheng and Li Qing organized a rescue while hiding the increase from the authorities. Su Yuqing arrived to oversee the operation and asked whether Bai Lu was trapped in the Tunnel, leaving Ye Zheng, Li Qing, and Huangfu Miaomiao silent.

• Li Qing calmed Ye Zheng and urged everyone to focus on rescuing Feng Ling, while Ye Zheng assigned Huangfu Miaomiao to keep Feng Ling supplied and stood guard outside the Tunnel.
• Rescue teams arrived and began clearing the collapse as Ye Zheng ordered Li Qing and Huangfu Miaomiao to conceal Feng Ling’s Corruption Value, even from Su Yuqing.
• Ye Zheng sent Huangfu Miaomiao to ask Pei Xianjue to keep quiet about Feng Ling’s condition after Baozi was summoned to help.
• Su Yuqing arrived, took temporary charge of the Jingnan Branch, and asked whether Bai Lu was trapped in the Tunnel; the others fell silent.

Feng Ling recovered from her breakthrough by suppressing the emotional effects of her Corruption Value and interpreting the Hive’s evolutionary messages. She discovered new powers from the Eye of Horus and reviewed her growing abilities while rescue workers cleared the Tunnel.

• Feng Ling recognized that digesting three high-level Cards had advanced her and interpreted the Hive’s new message as a sign of its future evolutionary path.
• Feng Ling decided to remove Bai Lu’s Puppeteer and Qing Nu Cards, and she noted that Qing Nu had granted her the minor skill Mom’s Cold Face.
• Feng Ling tested Third Perspective, which let her survey the Tunnel and its surroundings, distinguish life forms by colored lights, and detect Xenomorphs from kilometers away.
• Feng Ling learned that Mother’s Gaze let her share the vision of life forms she had hatched and temporarily enhance their abilities.
• Feng Ling realized that Cat Spider and Third Child had inherited abilities from her Card Deck, then inventoried her powers and concluded that she might be invincible.

Sang Yin regretted missing her chance to film Feng Ling, while the rescuers argued over how to transport Feng Ling in her injured Second Form. Huangfu Miaomiao suggested folding Feng Ling into the truck, and the chapter ended as Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel.

• Sang Yin mourned passing out before she could film Feng Ling, then cheered up when Douzi reminded her about her exclusive interview and dashcam footage.
• Su Yuqing brought a twelve-and-a-half-meter Heavy Truck, but Ye Zheng argued it was too short to carry Feng Ling safely.
• Ye Zheng and Su Yuqing debated whether Feng Ling should remain near the Tunnel or be transported despite her injuries and high Corruption Value.
• Huangfu Miaomiao suggested that Feng Ling fold herself up to fit in the truck, and Su Yuqing sent Ye Zheng to ask whether she could do so.
• The Heavy Truck approached the Tunnel as Feng Ling slowly poked her head out under the moonlight.

Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel in her Flood Dragon form and removed the Rebar from her wound herself, leaving the medical team to stop the bleeding. Ye Zheng and Su Yuqing watched her closely, and Su Yuqing suspected her unusually cheerful mood might mean she was losing control.

• Feng Ling emerged from the Tunnel in her Second Form, startling the rescue personnel and prompting the military to aim their guns at her.
• Su Yuqing explained the options for removing the Rebar, while Feng Ling insisted she could maintain her form for half a month.
• Feng Ling ignored the proposed plans, bit down on the Rebar, and pulled it out, causing heavy bleeding.
• The medical team rushed to treat Feng Ling as Ye Zheng felt relieved that the pain had not made her lose control.
• Su Yuqing told Ye Zheng that Feng Ling seemed overly happy and might be emotionally out of control.

Feng Ling traveled from Jingnan City with Ye Zheng and Baozi while in an unusually excited state, prompting Baozi to use her ability to calm her. The convoy continued toward Qingjiang City, but Feng Ling suddenly detected Xenomorphs nearby, attacked them, and returned with two people who became Cards.

• Su Yuqing arranged for Feng Ling, Ye Zheng, and the rescued Cat Spider to leave Jingnan City in a covered truck, while Baozi and several dozen Hunters joined the convoy.
• Baozi sensed Feng Ling’s strange delight and told Huangfu Miaomiao that Feng Ling’s emotions were stable enough to manage.
• As the convoy passed cheering crowds, Feng Ling wagged her tail so hard that the truck swayed, and Baozi used Kichijoten’s ability to suppress her excitement.
• Feng Ling warned Ye Zheng that Xenomorphs might still be nearby, then waited quietly as the convoy continued down the highway.
• Feng Ling suddenly pierced the tarp with her horn, leapt toward nearby buildings, and returned with two half-dead people, which turned into Cards on a Patrol Car’s roof.

Feng Ling stayed in her Second Form while drunk, ignored Ye Zheng’s attempts to make her turn human, and hunted three Xenomorphs after spotting their Marks. She gave the kills to Wen Xiuyan and the other Hunters, who showered her with praise as she promised to give everyone something.

• Feng Ling returned to the truck after killing two Xenomorphs, and two Hunters accepted the Cards they had dropped.
• Ye Zheng demanded that Feng Ling turn back into human form, but she refused, insisting she had not lost control.
• Feng Ling spotted three more Marks and directed the convoy onto a detour, then leaped from the truck to hunt them.
• Feng Ling intimidated and killed the three Xenomorphs, then gave them all to Wen Xiuyan.
• The Hunters praised Feng Ling, and she happily promised to give something to everyone.

Feng Ling’s rampage against Xenomorphs drew public attention and alarmed Ye Zheng, who worried that the Supervision Bureau would discover Feng Ling’s Corruption Value had reached 39%. The truck continued toward Qingjiang as Feng Ling considered what the Bureau might do if it learned the truth.

• Feng Ling hunted Xenomorphs along the route, prompting nearby Players to flee and news of her actions to spread online.
• Ye Zheng confronted Feng Ling about the public damage caused by her hunt and showed her news reports and reactions.
• Feng Ling noticed both praise and criticism online, including concern that her appearance had endangered ordinary people and damaged a breakfast shop.
• Ye Zheng told Feng Ling that Su Yuqing had repeatedly called to ask about her Corruption Value, and admitted she had lied to him.
• Feng Ling asked what the Supervision Bureau would do if it learned her Corruption Value was 39%, and Ye Zheng said they would confine her in the Observation Room and might destroy her if she became disobedient.

After Feng Ling returned to Qingjiang, Su Yuqing told her the authorities would send Observers to monitor her because of concerns about Corruption Values. Feng Ling revealed she had advanced and would create a Nest Body, then entered the Central Tower with the Contaminants, leaving Su Yuqing uneasy about what would happen next.

• Su Yuqing told Feng Ling that the authorities wanted her to undergo safety tests, but agreed instead to station two Observers at the Central Tower within twenty-four hours.
• Su Yuqing explained that Hunters had to register new Cards and that the Observers were intended to monitor Feng Ling and reassure the public.
• Feng Ling said she had advanced to the Completed Form and would create her own Nest Body, then walked into the Central Tower.
• Li Qing admitted he did not know what a Nest Body was, while Ye Zheng and Huangfu Miaomiao brought the injured cat spider inside and Ye Zheng shut the gate behind the Contaminants.
• Su Yuqing ordered Zhou Diao's team to guard the Central Tower and worried that Feng Ling's Corruption Value might not withstand what was coming.

Su Yuqing left Qingjiang Central Tower as two Observers arrived to investigate Feng Ling’s condition and Corruption Value. Pei Xianjue weighed whether Baozi should stay near Feng Ling, then learned that Headquarters wanted to speak with her.

• Zhou Diao greeted Observers Dou Shuran and Zou Kai, who agreed to wait while Feng Ling recovered from digesting a new Card.
• Baozi and Huangfu Miaomiao told the Observers that Feng Ling was resting inside the tower and should not be disturbed.
• Zhou Diao worried that Feng Ling might give the Observers evidence against her.
• Baozi called Pei Xianjue and reported that Feng Ling had gone alone into the tower to create a Nest Body, while her immense Mental Power made it difficult for him to help stabilize her.
• Pei Xianjue debated whether Baozi should return to Yuquan City, but Captain Shen Mu entered her office and said Headquarters wanted to talk to her.

Pei Xianjue learned that she was being transferred to help establish a Quarantine Zone in the Southwest Military Region and asked Baozi to consider whether to join her. After deciding he could not keep waiting in Central Tower, Baozi left for his hometown and entrusted Feng Ling’s package to Zhou Diao.

• Pei Xianjue attended a meeting at Headquarters that seemed to be an interview for a new opportunity.
• After three days of waiting in Central Tower, Baozi received Pei Xianjue’s call and learned she was transferring to the Southwest Military Region for a long-term Quarantine Zone assignment.
• Pei Xianjue told Baozi that Big Bear’s contract had ended and asked Baozi to weigh the costs of joining her, including years away from his family.
• Pei Xianjue asked Baozi to deliver a package to Feng Ling, while Baozi worried that Mogu Country might have fallen or lost contact with the outside world.
• Baozi left Central Tower for his hometown and told Zhou Diao to put Pei Xianjue’s package directly into Feng Ling’s hands.

Feng Ling emerged from her Nest Body as a young girl after running out of energy, and Ye Zheng urgently sought food to help her recover. Su Yuqing arranged a large food delivery, leaving Feng Ling ravenously eating at Central Tower as she began to grow again.

• Huangfu Miaomiao told Ye Zheng that Baozi had left Qingjiang City, while Feng Ling remained inside the tower surrounded by spreading white threads.
• Ye Zheng had Huangfu Miaomiao use perfume, incense, and soft music in hopes of helping Feng Ling emerge safely.
• Feng Ling grew into a giant white tree inside the tower, calming its inhabitants as her growth later slowed.
• Feng Ling appeared as a hungry young girl and told Ye Zheng she had emerged early because she lacked energy.
• Ye Zheng sent Huangfu Miaomiao to bring Jelly and called Su Yuqing to get as much food as possible for Feng Ling.
• Su Yuqing arranged for raw meat to be brought into the city and found Feng Ling at Central Tower devouring food.

After reverting to a child and recovering from exhaustion, Feng Ling faced questions about the Nest Body and her possible loss of control, then asked Su Yuqing about the aftermath of the Yongshan Tunnel incident. The chapter ended with her asking whether He Xing Luo was still alive.

• Feng Ling ate the food the others had gathered, said she needed rest, and explained that she had overextended herself.
• Zhou Diao questioned Feng Ling about her child form, the white threads, and the Nest Body, while Feng Ling teased Huangfu Miaomiao about their height difference.
• Feng Ling proposed placing a remote-controlled bomb by the Nest Body as a safeguard if she lost control, alarming everyone.
• Dou Shuran said the Observers were monitoring Feng Ling and would decide whether a safety mechanism was needed; Feng Ling joked that they had missed a chance to subdue her.
• Feng Ling asked Su Yuqing about Yongshan Tunnel, and he said the incident was sealed from public view, Bai Lu was missing, and her name could not be added to the martyrs' list.
• Feng Ling asked Su Yuqing whether He Xing Luo was still alive.

Feng Ling learned that two people escaped the Tunnel with the help of a Gargoyle Card, while He Xing Luo remained alive but would no longer serve as an Inspector. A map from Pei Xianjue revealed an Idol beyond the country's borders, and Feng Ling decided she had to leave soon to lower her Corruption Value before Squirrel and the other Xenomorphs could act.

• Dou Shuran told Feng Ling that He Xing Luo was alive and would receive treatment at the Research Institute instead of carrying out missions.
• Zou Kai revealed that two people escaped the Tunnel, and Li Qing identified their concealment Card as a Gargoyle that distorted people's perception.
• Zhou Diao delivered Feng Ling a package from Pei Xianjue, and she found shimmering fabric concealing a map marked with the Labyrinth Divine Statue's Smiley Face.
• Feng Ling recognized Daling Forest and Black Mountain Town on the map and realized the marked Idol lay beyond the country's borders.
• Wary that Squirrel and the escaped Xenomorphs might target her, Feng Ling resolved to lower her Corruption Value and began calculating when to depart.

Feng Ling decided to cross into Lorias to find an Idol and reduce her Corruption Value, despite Ye Zheng’s concerns that her judgment was deteriorating. Ye Zheng agreed to conceal her departure on the condition that she bring Huangfu Miaomiao and send daily reports, then suggested exploiting a joint project with Lorias to get in.

• Feng Ling showed Ye Zheng a map from Pei Xianjue that marked an Idol in a secret Maze in Lorias.
• Ye Zheng warned Feng Ling that reaching the Idol would require crossing a pollution cordon and avoiding Lorias Soldiers, but Feng Ling planned to leave that night.
• Ye Zheng argued that Feng Ling’s Corruption Value was impairing her judgment, while Feng Ling insisted that waiting would only prolong the risk.
• Ye Zheng agreed to cover for Feng Ling if she brought Huangfu Miaomiao and sent daily messages, threatening to alert the Supervision Bureau otherwise.
• Feng Ling agreed to send a Human-faced Crow with a letter each day, and Ye Zheng suggested using a joint project with Lorias to help her enter the country.

Feng Ling registered to join a relief convoy to Lorias and left Central Tower with Huangfu Miaomiao to reach the Foundation’s warehouse in Yanjing City. The warehouse manager doubted Feng Ling was a Hunter, and the chapter ended as volunteers arrived to ask which truck they would escort.

• Feng Ling learned that the World Abomination Rescue Foundation was recruiting Hunters to escort supplies to Lorias, registered as a volunteer, and left the Nest Body in Ye Zheng’s care.
• The Nest Body curled its roots around Ye Zheng, while Feng Ling decided to scout the route to Lorias before bringing Ye Zheng along.
• Feng Ling woke Huangfu Miaomiao, and the two slipped away from Central Tower before dawn; Li Qing later sensed something was wrong but kept silent.
• In Yanjing City, Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao found the Foundation’s warehouse, where the manager challenged Feng Ling’s claim that she was a Hunter.
• A group of young volunteers arrived and asked which truck they would escort, while one woman wondered why two children were at the warehouse.

Feng Ling overheard plans for a Quarantine Zone in Guangnan and warned Ling Feiran to move away from the area. She and Huangfu Miaomiao secretly hid beneath a truck bound for Mogu Country, leaving with the Hunters’ convoy.

• The young Hunters laughed at Feng Ling’s name, mistaking it for a coincidence, and ignored her and Huangfu Miaomiao.
• Feng Ling overheard the Warehouse manager and Hunters discuss a planned Quarantine Zone in Guangnan and its refugee population.
• Feng Ling called Ling Feiran and urged her and Feng Shao to move from Guangshan City to Qingjiang or another safer city because contamination could attract Xenomorphs.
• Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao hid beneath an empty truck as it entered the Warehouse to be loaded.
• The Hunters boarded the loaded truck and joked that Feng Ling’s Blessing would make their mission go smoothly.

Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao traveled toward Lorias in a supply truck, trying to endure the cramped journey and the Hunters’ loud music. The trucks stopped at a roadside lay-by for a meal, where the five Hunters began introducing themselves.

• Huangfu Miaomiao told Feng Ling that reaching Lorias could take up to two days because the rail lines were shut and the latter route crossed a contaminated zone.
• Feng Ling asked Huangfu Miaomiao to play soothing music, but the Hunters in the truck cab drowned it out with loud rock music.
• The five Hunters continued driving through the night and passed a Military Region checkpoint with their Foundation permits.
• The trucks stopped at a highway lay-by, where the Hunters cooked noodles while Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao ate bread on the cargo roof.
• A Hunter suggested that the group introduce themselves, and Li Yu explained that she remembered the others’ names through her Card ability before introducing herself as Lin Pengpeng.